The spammers...they finally got into my machine:|

[elTaco]

Dammnit, I take most every precautions...and they still got into my laptop :|

I need to start using firebird. Activex is at fault I bet.

 

[Lager]

LouieDevito??


Get a firewall and virus scan.

 

[OIKOS]

Originally posted by: elTaco
Dammnit, I take most every precautions...and they still got into my laptop :|

I need to start using firebird. Activex is at fault I bet.

same here.... popups after popups! :|

 

[elTaco]

Originally posted by: lager
LouieDevito??


Get a firewall and virus scan.

I have way more than that man.

Do you think i should bother blocking activex at the [hardware]firewall? I honestly do not remember the last time I visited a website that required it, but then again in never pay attention to the little staus areas of IE

 

[tyler811]

Originally posted by: OIKOS

Originally posted by: elTaco
Dammnit, I take most every precautions...and they still got into my laptop :|

I need to start using firebird. Activex is at fault I bet.

same here.... popups after popups! :|

google search works great

 

[Schadenfroh]

disable windows messanger

 

[silverpig]

Isn't MS even recommending people disable activex?

 

[Descartes]

Can you expound on what you mean by the spammers getting into your machine?

 

[elTaco]

Originally posted by: Descartes
Can you expound on what you mean by the spammers getting into your machine?

a multitude of pop-ups that neither cwshredder, spybot, adware etc can get rid of

 

[TheBoyBlunder]

Have you run Hijack This! ? Be careful with it though, you can easily fubar your system if you're not careful.

 

[Descartes]

Originally posted by: elTaco

Originally posted by: Descartes
Can you expound on what you mean by the spammers getting into your machine?

a multitude of pop-ups that neither cwshredder, spybot, adware etc can get rid of

Ok, I was just curious. Being inundated with popups is profoundly different from someone actually compromising your machine, of course. I also don't at all see how ActiveX is at fault.

I've been using Firebird for quite some time, and my eyes have not laid witness to the bloody business that is popups since its use.